Josh Clark is Senior Vice President of Distribution and Business Development at Viacom. In this role, Josh is responsible for negotiating content agreements and managing partnerships across traditional and digital distributors spanning pay TV, SVOD, TV Everywhere, mobile, EST and others. Josh was also recently elevated to co-lead Viacom’s newly formed Deal Structuring and Planning team, which oversees the strategy and formulation of agreements across all major MVPD accounts.
Prior to joining Viacom, Josh served as Vice President of Programming at DISH where he led industry-first programming agreements that enabled to the launch of Sling TV, the first live TV OTT streaming service. Josh was also instrumental in key distribution renewals for DISH’s satellite TV service and TV everywhere products. In 2016, Multichannel News recognized Josh as “40 under 40” for his achievements at DISH and Sling TV.
Prior to joining Viacom, Josh served as Vice President of Programming at DISH where he led industry-first programming agreements that enabled to the launch of Sling TV, the first live TV OTT streaming service. Josh was also instrumental in key distribution renewals for DISH’s satellite TV service and TV everywhere products. In 2016, Multichannel News recognized Josh as “40 under 40” for his achievements at DISH and Sling TV.
Josh began his career in GE’s Financial Management Program at NBCUniversal where he later moved to sales and digital distribution roles in the affiliate sales organization. Josh is a Boston-area native and a summa cum laude graduate of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.